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Three Republican members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would decriminalize online gambling in the Granite State.
HB 562 was sponsored by Reps. Eric Schleien, Nick Zaricki, and Robert Fisher. The bill was introduced in early January and referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
The legislation is succinct and is simply titled, Allowing Online Gambling.
The full text reads:
This bill exempts gambling done over the Internet from gambling offenses under RSA 647.
The Department of Justice to date has neither investigated nor prosecuted online gaming offenses and therefore does not expect this bill to have any impact on expenditures.
To the extent this bill legalizes a form of gambling, it may have an indeterminable impact on lottery and charitable gaming revenue.
Lottery and charitable gaming revenue is credited to the lottery fund, with net revenues after Lottery Commission expenditures being credited to the state education trust fund.
Because of its lack of specifics, it’s hard to gauge the purpose of the legislation. But the gist of the bill seems to indicate
HB 562 is 180 degrees away from what other states are doing on the online gaming front.
SOURCE- FULL STORY
HB 562 was sponsored by Reps. Eric Schleien, Nick Zaricki, and Robert Fisher. The bill was introduced in early January and referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
The legislation is succinct and is simply titled, Allowing Online Gambling.
The full text reads:
This bill exempts gambling done over the Internet from gambling offenses under RSA 647.
The Department of Justice to date has neither investigated nor prosecuted online gaming offenses and therefore does not expect this bill to have any impact on expenditures.
To the extent this bill legalizes a form of gambling, it may have an indeterminable impact on lottery and charitable gaming revenue.
Lottery and charitable gaming revenue is credited to the lottery fund, with net revenues after Lottery Commission expenditures being credited to the state education trust fund.
Because of its lack of specifics, it’s hard to gauge the purpose of the legislation. But the gist of the bill seems to indicate
HB 562 is 180 degrees away from what other states are doing on the online gaming front.
SOURCE- FULL STORY
